The New York Times today has a story about a different sort of summer camp:
Students with a passion for all things explosive and proof of United States citizenship pay a $450 fee that covers food, lodging and incidentals like dynamite. In the course of a week, the 22 students at this session set off a wall of fire, blasted water out of a pond, blew up a tree stump and obliterated a watermelon. They set off explosive charges in the school’s mine and finished off the week by creating their own fireworks show for their parents.
The Summer Explosives Camp actually feeds into a program at the University of Missouri in Rolla, that’s designed to train people to do blasting for mining and demolition, and they do discuss safety issues at length. But still, a summer camp where you’re encouraged to blow things up sounds pretty cool…